Epiphany in Brooklyn is singer-songwriter Brenda Kahn's second full-length album, released in 1992.[4]
| Epiphany in Brooklyn | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Studio | Magic Shop, New York City | |||
| Label | Chaos[1] | |||
| Producer | David Kahne[2] | |||
| Brenda Kahn chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Background edit
"I Don't Sleep, I Drink Coffee Instead," the first track on the album, was the song that helped Kahn land her major label deal.[5]
Critical reception edit
Trouser Press called Epiphany in Brooklyn "an album so melodramatically oversung that Kahn could be auditioning for the Ethel Merman part in some Broadway-does-folksingers production."[2] The Washington Post called the album "livelier and more tuneful than much neo-folk."[6] The News & Record called it "full of spiky energy and closely observed vignettes."[7]
Ann Powers, of The New York Times, wrote: "Her songs, many of which are featured on her new album, Epiphany in Brooklyn, focused on the small world of post-modern slackers, with the kinds of lyrics that college students copy into notebooks because they so accurately describe their confused, wishful lives."[8]
In 2022, music critic Chuck Klosterman listed Epiphany in Brooklyn as one of his top 20 favorite 1990s albums for American Songwriter. He wrote: "There’s probably some sentimentality attached to this selection. It’s impossible for me to separate my current appreciation of the material from the experience of listening to it originally. I had an inscrutable friend who loved this record even more than I did, and she would write me long handwritten letters quoting lyrical passages from its various songs, along with interpretations of how those lyrics related to her life and our friendship."[9]
Track listing edit
- "I Don't Sleep, I Drink Coffee Instead"
- "Mojave Winters"
- "She's In Love"
- "Anesthesia"
- "Mint Juleps And Needles"
- "My Lover"
- "Sleepwalking"
- "Lost"
- "The Great Divide"
- "Madagascar"
- "Losing Time"
- "In Indiana"
References edit
- ^ "Brenda Kahn- Woman Rock". www.furious.com.
- ^ a b "Brenda Kahn". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "Brenda Kahn | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Brenda Kahn is back on the musical map". mcall.com.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (April 16, 1993). "FROM THE VILLAGES OF LONDON, BROOKLYN" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED FROM THIS TRIO\ UNCOMMON QUALITY FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE". Greensboro News and Record.
- ^ Powers, Ann. "Pop and Jazz in Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Uitti, Jacob (February 2, 2022). "Legendary Music Writer Chuck Klosterman's Favorite 1990s Albums of All Time" – via www.americansongwriter.com.